[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814) › 4.89 # 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 4.89 大乘起信論廣釋卷第三．四．五 4.89 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.89) 論。此以何義至真如平等　釋曰。此顯自他同體所以。文中徵釋。此以何義者徵責自他無別所以。如實等者。約真如答顯其義意。自他同真無有別體。何得身外見有眾生。 > \[Treatise:\] By what meaning is this so? \[Because they truly know that all sentient beings and their own selves are equal in tathatā, without difference.\] \[Commentary:\] This reveals the reason for the identical substance of self and other. In the text there is a question and an explanation. "By what meaning is this so?" questions and inquires into the reason for self and other having no distinction. "Because they truly \[know\]..." and so forth answers by reference to tathatā to reveal its meaning: self and other share the same truth and have no separate substance; how could one see sentient beings existing outside oneself? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.88) - [Next: 4.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.90) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814~en-mt.4.89) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論略述](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2813.2.67) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2814.4.89) · Pramāṇa